What to do when you’re overbooked on a flight

After the horrifying story of an overbooked passenger being forcefully removed from an overbooked flight, I wanted to but share a step-by-step guide on what to do next time you’re overbooked. Several news outlets posted articles on how there should be additional legislation to prevent airlines from this popular practice to fill their pockets, however nobody mentioned there are already strict rules in place that dictate the rules of the passengers, as long as they know how to ask for what they’re entitled to.

When the video was posted about the removal of the passenger, curiously I clicked the link, not expecting to witness the (almost?) inhumane events that followed. I wonder if I had stayed on the plane myself had I been on that flight. Would you have recorded it from your seat, or would the entire plane voluntarily disembarking have made a louder statement than the negative Tweets, media attention and politically correct statements that followed. We’ll never know.

Being a frequent tra…